Juanna Schrøter Joensen Examinator: Örjan Sjöberg The Employment Effect of an Increase in the Swedish Minimum Wage An empirical study of the 2005 wage agreement between SKL and Kommunal Mikolaj Gruszczynski♣ Paula Roth♦ Bachelor’s Thesis‚ Stockholm School of Economics‚ Department of Economics June 16‚ 2010 Abstract This thesis investigates the relationship between a minimum wage increase and change in employment for municipality workers in Sweden between 2003 and 2007. The effect is estimated
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Opportunities in America‚ especially for those who have minimum wages and big families to support‚ are very limited. Jonathan Kozol presented a speech about poverty in America. In this‚ he talked about his experiences staying in a homeless center in New York‚ one of the wealthiest places in the nation‚ and how he “never found his way back home.” The people are easily unseen and greatly forgotten. Because of this‚ families in poverty do not get the same possibilities as wealthier people do. Opportunities
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Will the increase in the minimum wage have the possible effect on employment? The author of the article believes that a higher minimum wage will shrink wage gaps‚ raise the productivity and increase earnings for single women with children And I absolutely agree with the author at this point. Although there is an opinion that a higher minimum wage may lead to a greater unemployment‚ it is obvious that an increase in a salary has more pros than cons. Firstly‚ it will stimulate workers to work harder
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Nickel & Dimed In Nickel and Dimed Barbara Ehrenreich takes a break from her real life and lives as a low wage-worker takes a low wage job in order to understand and find out what wage workers really go through everyday not knowing what’s next for them‚ and how they live off of minimum wage. In everyday life low-income people do many things in order to survive on a daily basis. There are people who work multiple jobs‚ or live in a shelter‚ live in their cars‚ house/apartments housed by various
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ABSTRACT The purpose of this research paper is to analyze the minimum wage in Ontario based on the current minimum wage is $10.25 in Ontario. The minimum wage mainly happens to the unemployed women and the young. The research on the minimum wage can permit people to contribute to the discussion about the ongoing minimum wage policies in Ontario and the relevant impacts of raising the minimum wage in this province. This research paper will be divided into three parts. Firstly‚ this research paper
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Should the country implement minimum wage? In these years‚ with the effect of the worldwide economic depression‚ many people have lost their jobs and the unemployment rate is constantly high. At this stage‚ the implementation of the minimum wage has become an increasingly active topic. According to Joyce’s study (2012)‚ the countries with a minimum wage generally have a higher economic output. However‚ other voices would argue that implementing the minimum wage could lead to an economic down turn
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Wage and Salary Administration Policies in India for MBA MB0043 SMU Assignment The basic purpose of wage and salary administration is to establish and maintain an equitable wage and salary structure. Its secondary objective is the establishment and maintenance of an equitable labour-cost structure i.e.‚ an optimal balancing of conflicting personnel interests so that the satisfaction of employees and employers is maximized is concerned with the financial aspects of needs‚ motivation and rewards
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Minimum Wages and Employment: A Case Study of the Fast-Food Industry in New Jersey and Pennsylvania: Reply By DAVID CARD AND ALAN B. KRUEGER* Replication and reanalysis are important endeavors in economics‚ especially when new findings run counter to conventional wisdom. In their Comment on our 1994 American Economic Review article‚ David Neumark and William Wascher (2000) challenge our conclusion that the April 1992 increase in the New Jersey minimum wage led to no loss of employment
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Effects of Raising the Minimum Wage According to the United States Department of Labor‚ on June 25‚ 1938‚ the Fair Labor Standards Act was signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt‚ setting the federal minimum wage to twenty-five cents per hour. Since then‚ the federal minimum wage has increased twenty-eight times‚ and currently sits at seven dollars and twenty-five cents per hour. Despite these raises‚ the general public shows dissatisfaction with the current wage‚ and the discussion about whether
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Minimum Wage the Answer for American Workers? The minimum wage has always been an important topic for American workers. In recent years the minimum wage‚ has been at an increasing center of attention for many American workers. The minimum wage was set by Franklin Roosevelt‚ under the Fair Labor and standards act (FLSA). The FLSA also set in place regulations for underage workers‚ overtime pay‚ record keeping‚ government pay‚ as well as the federal minimum wage. The current minimum wage is at seven
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